Thank you for participating, Canada!

Thank you for joining us on our virtual cross-country rail journey. Over the past six months, we’ve celebrated our country’s sesquicentennial through healthy, active online challenges and live events. We also learned about the shared history of Canada’s railways and the YMCA. Click here to learn more about how Railway YMCAs grew to meet the needs of railway workers and later, the communities surrounding our national railways.

Grand Prize Winners

Congratulations to each of our winners of a trip of a lifetime (for four people!) on VIA Rail’s The Canadian, valued at $13,500!

To be announced later in August

To be announced later in August

Monthly Draw Winners

Congratulations to each winner of a $1,000 VIA Rail voucher, for train travel anywhere in Canada!

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Did You Know?

The YMCA movement came to Canada in 1851, before Confederation created the country we know today, in 1867. Railway YMCAs provided a “home away from home” for the railway workers whose efforts supported the industrialization and settlement of our nation. The first Railway Y opened its doors in the 1890s and the last one closed in the 1990s.

The YMCA Railway Story

Spend five minutes with Canada’s own Lloyd Robertson as he guides us through the fascinating YMCA Railway story (or read the full story here).